Local animal advocates have mixed reactions to the shakeup at Sangamon County Animal Control.
As WMAY News was the first to report, longtime director Greg Largent was ousted this week and has been replaced with an acting director, Jeanne Keenan. The county has also hired a local veterinarian, Andrew Lehman, to serve as Animal Care Manager to ensure animals at the shelter receive proper care. Several local advocates say that while they don’t know Keenan, they are very pleased with the hiring of Lehman, whom they describe as competent and capable.
But they are upset over the county’s temporary suspension of the use of volunteers at the shelter… and say they feel the volunteers are being blamed for mismanagement at the top.
Here is the memo from county public health director Gail O’Neill to county board members about the moves at SCAC:
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